In the city of Ythis, everything comes with a hidden price. For Borolt Zale, continuing his war against the Church of Iathephos forced him into the service of another, possibly greater, evil—the sorcerer Veylar Dust. Surrounded by powerful forces of darkness, Borolt Zale must solve the puzzle of a demon’s broken binding while escaping the Church’s mad plots to bring down the sorcerers of Ythis.